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You Need to Find Reviewers. Here’s Why (and How).

I never bothered going out of my way for reviews until very recently. After all, I was using keywords for optimization, and if people...

5 Things I Learned by Organizing My Own Book Blog Tour

The past few months have been insane, but it is good to be back after a longer-than-expected hiatus! I thought setting Automaton up for...

Top 3 Reasons to Put Your Ebook on Preorder Status

I recently put my novel Automaton up for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iBooks, Kobo, and more (find the entire list and links...

Genre Matters: What’s Your Market?

Like it or not, your novel fits into a genre. Even if it’s not so-called genre fiction. And your genre (and knowledge of that genre’s...

Top Ten Posts of 2014

10: Almighty Internet: Your Novel’s Publicity 9: Tips from A NaNo Winner 8: The Good, The Bad, and The Surprise Ending 7: Ebook...

Kindle Unlimited: Blessing or Bane to Indie Authors?

First the good. And it pays. Readers pay through their subscriptions every month. Writers earn when a reader gets through ten percent of...

How to Get An Awesome Cover (For Free)

It’s no wonder that many writers get bogged down by the very idea of designing a book cover. Everyone judges a book by the cover, and if...

Know Your Rights: Online Sharing, Royalties, And Indie Publishing

Twenty years ago, it was a lot simpler. Obviously it would be wrong to break into a store and steal a tape or CD of your favorite band....

Almighty Internet: Your Novel’s Publicity

It’s easy enough to understand if you’re self-publishing. Simply because your novel is available on Amazon doesn’t mean it will start...

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